Display-stand.



No. 846,347. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907;

J. F. RIBDY.

DISPLAY STAND. APPLICATION FILED OUT. 1. 1906.

USE FIT RIEDY, OF HAMBURG, IOWA.

DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed October 1, 1906. Serial No. 836,972.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FRED RIEDY, a citizen of the United St ates, residing at Hamburg, in the county of Fremont and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Stands; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to display-stands, and more especially to stands for exhibiting furniture.

The object of the invention is to provide a display-stand of simple construction on which tables or other articles may be supported one above the other and held in any desired position and to provide said stands with means whereby the supported article may be swung in or out to show the construction thereof, while they occupy a minimum floor-space.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters are used to represent corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of this improved stand with a table supported thereby above another table, which rests on the floor. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged side 'view of one of the standards of this improved stand, showing the movable supporting member in tilted position, into which position it may be placed and held to show the construction of the supported article. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the movable member detached. Fig. 4 shows a side elevation of two standards forming this improved stand provided with a modified form of article-support. Fig. 5 shows a detail of a modified form of supporting rod or bar.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the standards 1, which are spaced apart and preferably arranged in a row, so that the intermediate standards 'may serve to support the ends of two supporting members, are each composed of two bars 2 and 3, provided intermediately with registering apertures, as 4. A threaded bolt 5 is passed through these apertures and provided with a nut 6 for clamping the bars together. The lower ends of these bars 2 and 3 are bent outward and provided with perforated feet 7, whereby they may bescrewed to the floor or other supporting-base. Another bar or rod 10 is arranged between the bars 2 and 3 and is bent at its center and provided with an composed of two I aperture through which the bolt 5 also passes and clamps it tightly between said bars 2 and 3. This bar 10 is also provided with attaching-feet 11, similar to the feet 7 of the bars 2 and 3. The lower outwardly-bent ends of the bars 2 and 3 and the ends of the bar 10 are preferably twisted to give greater strength thereto.

The bars 2 and 3 are provided, preferably near their upper ends, with apertures 8 and 9 for a purpose hereinafter described.

An article-support, preferably in the form of an arc-shaped plate 15, is pivotally mounted between the upper ends of the bars 2 and 3 by means of a bolt 16, which passes through an aperture 17 in said plate 15 and through the apertures 8 and 9 in the bars 2 and 3 and is provided with a nut 18, whereby the plate 15 may be clamped tightly between the ends of the bars 2 and 3 and held in stationary adjusted position, or by loosening the bolt it may be permitted to swing freely between the bars 2 and preferably at its ends, with lateral arms, as 19, provided with numerous spaced apertures, as 20, for connecting the arms to the article to be supported by means of screws, as 21, or otherwise. If desired, adjustable rods or bars 25 may be attached to the arms of two of the standards, and the article to be supported, such as a table, may be hung thereon, as shown in Fig. 4. These rods are preferably made adjustable by making them in two members 26 and 27 to telescope, as shown in Fig. 4, or by providing them with slots, as 28, and connecting them by setscrews 29, as shown in Fig.- 5.

I claim as my invention 1 1. A display-stand comprising a standard having means for securing it to a supportingbase, said standard having a divided upper end, a plate pivotally mounted between said divided end and having lateral arms provided with spaced apertures for connecting it with an article to be supported.

2. A display-stand comprising a standard composed of two bars secured together at an intermediate point with their lower ends diverging to form supporting-legs for attachment to the floor, and a plate adjustably clamped between the upper ends of said bars with its ends extended on opposite sides of said standard and provided with lateral extensions.

3. A display-stand comprising a standard bars secured together at an 3. This plate15 is provided,

intermediate point and having registering In testimony whereof I have hereunto set apertures 1n thelr upper ends, and an arcmy hand 1n presence of two subscrlblng W1tshaped plate havmg a central aperture and nesses.

1ts ends bent at right angles to form lateral I JOSEPH FRED RIEDY. 5 arms, and a bolt extending through the ap- YVitnesses:

ertures in said bars and plate and having a CHANDLER CAMPBELL,

clamping-nut at its outer end. RALPH CLAYTON. 

